Samantha Cameron unwittingly disclosed details of the Downing Street DVD and
book collection during an informal meeting with Michelle Obama yesterday.

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Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron talk before having tea in the private residence at Downing StreetPhoto: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson

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Two box sets of the American television series 24, starring Keither Sutherland, also feature prominently on the top shelfPhoto: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson

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Books included Paris Interiors, Provence Interiors, Arts and Artists and The Family CookbookPhoto: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson

By Murray Wardrop

8:25AM BST 25 May 2011

A photograph of the two leaders’ wives enjoying a chat on the No 10 sofa provided a glimpse of the Camerons’ film and literary purchases, stacked on shelves in the background.

The image suggests David Cameronand his 40-year-old wife have eclectic tastes from both sides of the Atlantic, with the Brideshead Revisited complete box set sharing shelf space with Quentin Tarantino’s action thriller Kill Bill.

Two box sets of the American television series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, also feature prominently on the top shelf of the black bookcase in the Prime Minister’s kitchen.

In addition to the dozens of tightly packed DVDs are books including Paris Interiors, Provence Interiors, Arts and Artists and The Family Cookbook.

The photograph also gives a view of the clean lines of the Prime Minister’s kitchen, with steel fittings and an array of gleaming pots and pans stacked on shelves above a gas cooker.